TDB Start-up Card

The TDB Start-up Card was a special peripheral made for rudimentary debugging on DTL-H models.

In it's contents, it had the TDB software installed as a system update, so it would Auto boot on every DTL-H model excluding DTL-H10000 & DTL-H3x0xx

Purpose

The program main purpose was to setup the TIF, a network "clone" of the PIF (the hardware interface that serves as bridge between the PC and the PS2 inside the DTL-T models)

This allowed the DSNET toolset to comunícate with the TDB Start-up card from a PC trough network cable.

The TDB Start-up card also included an EE Kernel replacement to reimplement the EE thread track extension.

Limitations

It was incapable of any form of debugging on the IOP. for that, the DTL-T models were required.

The card had a different MagicGate keystore so it could only be authenticated on DTL-H models.

More information

There's not much extra information about it on the internet. However, an in depth explanation of it's behavior and capabilities can be obtained by taking a look at the RDB Start-Up Card, a homebrew clone made for retail models.